Got a Steam Deck (not only a flex, it is to give context to my answers) - I do wish I could take of the sides and plop the screen down like a Switch, mostly be

Got a Steam Deck (not only a flex, it is to give context to my answers) - I do wish I could take of the sides and plop the screen down like a Switch, mostly because it is cool. And it is less of a complete package without a dock, but if you don't want to play docked at least you aren't paying for e-waste. - The Steam Deck is an enthusiasts device, I think the price is great for the hardware. And if graphics doesn't matter then with this enthusiast device you can lower the graphics and get comparable to switch battery life, or tune it to be better. - The only hardware this applies to is the Steam machine, everything else is still supported, literally all of it is still supported with updates. - With the steam deck verified system, they make you well aware when you are about to play a unsupported/unchecked title, if you stick to "verified" and "playable" then you'll have a console experience, one with more optional knobs to play with. Also installing windows on this thing would ruin so much of it. - They have no marketing now, but after reservations are filled it does make sense to start having ads and maybe selling it in third party stores, we'll have to see. - Emulation can only get better, it is just ARM.